In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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